See The Love EP - Album Notes

The EP starts off with a longing to learn to see the love, in the midst of headlines of violence and terror.

See the Love

Everyday we go to war again

We assume we know so much more then them

before we hear what they have to say

Headline breaks and we start to hate again

Calling them names again

We give our peace away

I hope they see it

Cause I wanna see it

I hope we believe it

I wanna see the love

All around you, all around you

I wanna know, I wanna know

that love

Is all around you its all around

Day by day

Hope fades away and then

we know

that there is pain within, we can not medicate

Learn to feel,

Learn to begin again

Open our eyes again

To see our brothers pain

I hope they see it

Cause I wanna see it

I hope we believe it

I wanna see the love

All around you all around you

I wanna know I wanna know

that love Is all around you its all around

See how it lights you up.

Run is a Christmas lament.

In the midst of singing about joy and peace on earth, many peoples can feel the weight of hopelessness. While in this song we have hardly begun to nick the surface of the suffering in our world, we wanted to address the pain of refugees, black people living in America who have experienced police brutality, and those (especially our children) affected by gun violence. This is not meant to be a song that is divisive or attacking, it is a lament about the pain of our brothers and sisters who may feel they are lacking in power or voice. There are so many names, faces, shattered lives and heart-wrenching losses that we mourn in these words. We hope you will go with us past agreeing or disagreeing and just sit with the pain and the deep brokenness in our world.

Run

Run Mary run

Run Mary run

That king wants to kill your baby son

Run alien run

Run alien run

The days of our open arms are done

Peace on earth, goodwill to men

Run black child run

Run black child run

That man has a badge and has a gun

Run schoolyard run

Run schoolyard run

We just gave that angry man a gun

Peace on earth, goodwill to men

The third song, Love Shall Overcome, starts with lyrics based on the gang-related shootings and violence in Chicago. It is a chorus that we use for prayers of the people, as an invitation to courage, to stand in the love that wins over violence.

Love Shall Overcome

When a bullets flies

And a child dies

Can we overcome?

When all we see is inequality

Can we overcome?

Love shall overcome

We refuse to be

Each others enemy

We can overcome

When we listen to

Others point of view

We can overcome

Love shall overcome

Open our hearts

Love can start

To heal the pain

We end the EP with a remix of our song Brother. It is the song that embodies our longing to offer reconciliation. We added a new beat, many of our favorite voices, and are super excited to have been able to collaborate with one of our favorite rappers, Propaganda, on this remix.

This EP was recorded in Chicago, and New York. Thanks to Trinity Grace Church Tribeca, The Wheaton Orchestra, Terence Clark, Nicole Pietrini, Hannaniah Whitley, Lizzy Brooks and Genevieve Gungor for singing, Propaganda for his amazing work, Dan Millice for mastering, Flux studios in New York, Paul Baloche for his studio and time, and Nathan Price for artwork. Special thanks to Rob Gungor who mixed and helped produce. Special thanks to our friends and family who encouraged us and supported us on this project.

All songs written, produced and mixed by:

The Brilliance

This EP is dedicated to all peacemakers; to the poets, priests, police officers, government officials, churches, temples, educators, and communities of men and women that stand for equality, justice and peace everywhere.